Línguas de Fogo, video, 69 min, 2024

A queer, Amazonian comedy-horror. 

The film follows two missionaries traveling through the forest in search of the last uncontacted tribe, in the mythical lost city of Ragatanga. Along the way, they attempt to produce what they believe will be the “last documentary.” As they move deeper into the jungle, they are confronted with supernatural forces and face a progressive collapse of faith, authorship, and perception. The film operates between fiction and documentary, staging the camera itself as part of the narrative.

AWARDS

BEST COMEDY, Tokyo Sukiyaki Theaters. Tokyo, Japan. 

BEST PICTURE,  BEST UNDERGROUND FEATURE, BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST FOREIGN FEATURE, BEST LGBTQIA+ FILM, LA Underground Film Forum. Los Angeles, USA.

"Quirky, stylish and dangerous, director Zé Kielwagen created a controversial film that marries religion and absurdness, with dreamy sensuosity that is so at ease with its own mischief, Tongues of Fire encourages us to not turn away from our strangeness, but instead, lean into it to find our true selves." - Los Angeles Underground Film Forum

SCREENINGS

2025

10th Terror Córdoba. Official selection. Córdoba, Argentina. 

10th CineCaos. Official selection.  Goiânia, Brazil.

Los Angeles Underground Film Forum. Official selection.  The Hudson Theatre, LA USA.

AURORA Festival de Cinema Fantástico.Official selection.  Espaço Cultural José Lins do Rêgo, João Pessoa, Brazil.

2024

Tokyo Sukiyaki Theaters. Official selection.  Tokyo, Japan. 

8º Festival Ecrã. Official selection.  Estação Net Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

original sound track by L Borgia Rossetti